Race-course machine.



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. raceco'i'irses in section, showing'- one of the vbloyvpipes 8 19y 2.0,l .these arms,- being', rigidly connected with as jmanyrevolubleu f radial arms 17 1 o citi'ze vfof; thc- 'United States, andaresident it 0f 'Moreparticularly stated, `my invention relate u to "a toyfriaj'c'ecourse in which 'dummies repre.. ntingihors'es are. caused'to. moveffat` different 1 d us'edforV testing strength .orvskilL ingfdrawingsf, f formingV a part of'this specifi? cati which similar characters of refer- `plan Vi'evif of one formfof my motor "niechanismfand interior construction generally; -Flgj 3 1s aside elevatlon, partly y usedfor controlling the njla'chine'. ll` Fig. f4jis a iagmen taryv sectional. detail showing the 'mouthpiece'.of the bloWpipesfFigj', is a diagram-of the-Wiring. Fig,l 6 is adetail veri 'ticallse'ction through onefof the electricmo,-v torsg" andvFigiF is verticalsectionfpartly diagrammatic, showing another form of myl invention invvhi'chfamotor-car is propelled electrically, but 'controlled fb'yi means of al fblowpipe. Y' A central platform Sis encircledby and in registry it'ha number fof rings;4 9, 'spaced apartfby channels "lOfandj secured upon radial bridges'llj., These bridges are providedwith suspensieri-rods'"12, lwhich passthrough the' rings -'9 andare securedgatv their lower ends preferablyofI angular conformity, Iasv shown, is connectedgrigidly with the bridges 1'1 andv vfrestis upona casing 1 thereoff* A number of '.,duniinies 16', repref casings a, whereby the arms and ydumm/ies are caused `to rotate. Eachv casing20a/ridesi upon a ball-bearing 21, carried byeJ common j yvertical ste1n22, which extends from top to bottom of the casingand vengages the central i Speccatio ofnIletter-slPa-tent. l -Appiic'aianuid Mamma, 1905. stanno; 251,534.

county of KingsjandState 0fNe`W ave invented a new and Improved y invention` relates to toy race#'coursesy s' eeds and overdifllerent distances, ,l

'cated in Fig. v5, carried corresponding lpartslin'y all the p V n j 4'Fuif-1 2 yis'ia central vertical zsection 'through thejsame, showing thelelect'ric- Eachof the motors is connectedA by` ratefwir'e 48, 49, 50, and 51' with a platform 8. A sleeve 23,'of-insulating n1ate 'Patented March- 13,v 190e.

rial,v prevents electrical ,communication be-'f vertical stem 2 2. 'This sleeve 24fis provided.

`with a stationarycommutator 2 5. A- ball-v w bearing 26-supports thecover26a-of the eas` ing V20a- `by Wires 2728 Witharmature-magnets 29 30.

The .commutator is connected Fieldfmagnets 32,33 are ymounted Within the casing 20fand are therefore revoluble around thejarmature-magnets 29 30. Within the several ycasings 20El are revoluble'brushes 34v ber of commutators 25 .25a 25b 25C, as indiby conducting-arms` 36 37, which are mounted upon the top of 'they These plates 38,: of linsulating material.

- .tween the lvertical stern'22 and the casing 20?. .A nother sleeve.' A24, of insulating material, l mounted Within each casing 20a, encircles thek casing vandfinsulated thereromby means` of arms 3637, are connected by brushes 39 40 with contact-rings 41 42, vthe ring41 being` rigid and'inelectrical commjuni'catmn witlithe steni 22 While the ring 42 is insulated from the stemby meansofa sleeve 43, ofdielectric material. Thissleeve is provided with.`

. anaperture44. The stem 22'is provided. With apertures 445, and these apertures are usedfor threading fwires' therethrough. By means of ajbinding-screw ,46 a wire4-7 is connected With thestem 22.

a sepaf i spending rheostat 52, 53, 54, and 55, 'each rheost'at being providedwitli the usual contact-buttons 56 andwith the ordinary resistance-windings 56a. (Shown diagrammatic'- all in Fig. 5;) Each rheostat is further pro-KV l lvi ed withagcontactLarm 57, pivoted atv58 'and freel to successively engage the contactbutt-ODS 5.6, S0 aS t0 Gut in or out a greater orf lesser length of the Wire inl a manner. Wellfun- Y "derstoodi/inF relation to rheostats. lApitman ,59 -is connectedv vWithythe ycontact-arm 57.by

witha piston 61 ybylmeans of'a pivot A spring64 tensions the piston 61, as indicated Iin' Fig. 3, `sofas to*l normally leave the contact- "arm 51 vout of'communication with the rc sistance-coils. Y Each rheostatis still further provided with a lblowpipe 63, terminating in .a mouthpiece 65, and within each mouthpiece is a rubber Washer 66, provided with a central aperture 67 1. The several players or other operators provide themselves with quills 68 and each?- player inserts hisv .uill withinone ofthe ap-l Clowing into the quills 68.

ertures 67. Byb h p the pressureof the breath causes' thesp'iston -61 to travel to a greater or lesser distance,

breath tends to move the arin 57y back toward its normal position.;

Leading to the rheostat 52 is a Wire "69, which is in communication with rwires 70 ,a 71, 'and 72, leading to theres ective rheostats 53, 54, and 55, as indicate by the diagram in Fig. 5. The battery is shown at 7 3.-

The operation of m device iszas follows: A number of players ecide by lot or other- Wise which of theblowpipes they will severally be entitled to use andtake their seats acy cordingly. Each player insertshisquill 68 l yrangement is lessinjuriou's to health, and asi into the rubberwasher 66 and applying his mouth to the' quill blows into the b owpipe 63. The pressure of.his breath pneumatically displaces the contact-arm 57, as Vabove described, with the result that the circuitk is completed v through the particular rheostat controlled by his blowpipe and the normal resistanc'e of that'cir'cuitis reduced to ,a greater or lesser extent, according to the degree of angular movement described by the contactarm 57 under his control. i For the rheostat 52 the circuit thus completed is as follows: From the battery 73, wire 47, brushes 34A 35,l commutator 2,5 to the lowermost motor, wire 48, rheostat 52, and return-wire 69 back to the battery 73. The circuits for the other motors are similar. As some of the layers have greater strength than others or the purpose of displacing the piston 61 and also ave greater skill in keeping the arm 57 constantly upon some one or the other of the contact-buttons, it follows that there may be a considerable diversity in the relative distances traversed` by the several dummies and in the speedsat which these dummiestravel. In this Way any number of games of skill can readily be played.

The provision that each player is provided with a separate quill68 is based upon sanitary grounds, fthe idea being that this ar'- the quills cost' practically nothing they may be thrown away after beingonce used.

In the form shown in Fig. 7 the rheo'stat 7 5 is provided with contact-buttons 76 and is of substantially the same construction as those above described. It therefore has the con- Sii-551565' "tact-arm 57 and blowpipe 63, wtiilmouthpiece '6.5.` Thisrheostat 75 is prvided `with a binding-screw 77,'fr'o`in which a 'wire 78 Connected withy this battery' and wit the contact-arm 57 are -wires 80'81, which are also connected. with the respective rails 83 82 of a miniatiire railway-track. Engaging the rail 82 is a wheel 84, driven by gearin 85, the latter being actuated by a revolu yle armature shaft 86, mounted upon the motor 87, the, motor mechanism perse. being old and'well known; The

motor 87 is in comrnunication` with the Wheel' ,84 byrneans of 'a wireSSa'and by means' of a .wire 88-is in communication with the wheel 90. l .This wheel provided with a bearing -89,w hieh is insulated byineans of aplate 91, ofV dielectric material.

The car-body is.

shownat 92 andis-carried'by the Wheels 84 c 90. This form of my apparatus isgused as follows; A player inserts a uill as above described andblows his breat into the blowpipe 63. In doing so he causes the contactarm 57 to-swing' angularly around, so as to cut outa greater'or'le'sser resistance of the rheostat. In doing thishe closes thecircuit and cuts out a greateror lesser resistance, thereby energizingthe motor 87 and conferring uponfthe railway-carrieV e a degree of speed commensurate with the istance traversed by the arm 57; Contests may thus be conducted, so that the apparatus aords an indennite amount and variety of amusement.

` Having thus' described my invention, claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentmovable therefrom, and mechanism controllable by said blowpipe for simulating a race.

3. In an apparatus of the character demechanism controllable by .roo l. In an apparatus-of the character de- VIQS IIO

scribed, the combination of a plurality of dummies,` separate supporting-stems therefor, a plurality of electric motors connected,

respectively, with said stems, and means controllable by the pressure of the human breath for causing said motors to move said stems at different speeds.

4. Inl an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a plurality of electric motors, each provided with a.sup.

porting-stem movable around a center, dummies mounted upon said supporting-stems 

